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Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

  In the Zambezi Delta, the first cheetah releases were made in 2021. Credit: Jim Tan Today’s good news story comes from the BBC Wildlife Magazine. I want to thank Noelle Granger for sending it to me. “It’s a kind of Tinder for big cats.” Cheetahs were dying out in Africa, so conservationists tried something new […]

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  Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network. Thrift Shop Buried Under ‘Rags’ Gets Helping Hand from Designer Who Wants to Reduce Landfill Waste By Andy Corbley – Feb 19, 2026 An English thrift shop that found itself buried under mountains of old donated clothes has gotten a helping hand from a […]

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Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network Highly Fatal Virus May Finally Be Treatable with First Vaccine–Clinical Trials Starting By Andy Corbley – Feb 12, 2026 In January, India recorded a mini-outbreak of the Nipah virus, an often lethal disease spread by contact between humans and animals. There was little that could […]

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Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network. Billionaire Tom Kaplan Auctions Rare Rembrandt Lion Drawing for $18M to Help Save the Animal it Depicts By Andy Corbley – Feb 5, 2026 Yesterday, Sotheby’s oversaw the record $18 million sale of a drawing by Rembrandt: one of 6 drafts he made of lions, […]

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  Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network ‘DC Snow Heroes’ Shovel Neighbors Out of Trouble After Winter Storms By Andy Corbley – Jan 29, 2026 After low winter temperatures battered multiple regions of the country with snow, heroes in Washington, DC, stood up to be accounted for. With major thoroughfares taking […]

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  Today’s good news story comes from the Community Impact Newsletter. Thanks to The Producer for sending it to me. St. Edward’s University partners with H-E-B to plant first Central Texas Tiny Forest By Dacia Garcia | 5:23 PM Jan 21, 2026 CST Updated 5:25 PM Jan 21, 2026 CST St. Edward’s University in Austin, […]

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Today’s good news story comes from The Cool Down newsletter. Thank you to Noelle Granger for sending it to me. Experts thrilled by recovery of beloved US creatures: ‘It was really successful’ By Drew Jones Wild turkeys are thriving across Illinois in what one wildlife expert has dubbed “one of the greatest wildlife management success […]

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Today’s good news story comes from Fox News and was sent to me by  good friend Tom Okragly. Thanks, Tom. Wisconsin officials recently announced the discovery of a trove of ancient canoes in an underwater “parking lot” of sorts — including one that predates the Pyramids of Giza. The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) announced this […]

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Supplied – Taronga Conservation Society Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network. Ambitious Rewilding Project for Koala and Platypus Undertaken by Sydney’s Taronga Zoo By Andy Corbley – Dec 18, 2025 An Australian zoo credited with saving 7 native species from extinction aims to continue its vital work by rewilding a 3,050-acre […]

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  This week’s good news story comes just in time for the holidays from The Good News Network. Singing with Other People Improves Health More Than Singing Alone By Good News Network – Dec 11, 2025 Singing has been linked to numerous benefits for health, well-being, disease resistance, and recovery from injury. Still, when singing […]